?? Biden administration to provide summer grocery money to 21 million kids. Here's who qualifies. – CBS News https://t.co/Ot318n5Clu
— Jaime Harrison (@harrisonjaime) January 11, 2024
States NOT PARTICIPATING… who have tons of families that need the program! So tired of these damn grinches… Dammit do Better!!!
Alabama, Alaska, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont and Wyoming.
— Jaime Harrison (@harrisonjaime) January 11, 2024
🎁 article. Nothing says pro-life like letting children starve.
We must oust every Republican everywhere out of government. #VoteBlueToSaveAmerica #EnoughIsEnough
There’s nothing pro-child about the GOP’s resistance to food aid https://t.co/4rg2aIRxn8
— Marie 🇺🇸🗽🌊🦅 True Blue (@Merrirrro) January 12, 2024
Catherine Rampell, at the Washington Post — “There’s nothing pro-child about the GOP’s resistance to food aid” [gift link]:
In the 18 months since the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision, Republican officials have had ample opportunity to prove they’re not merely antiabortion but also pro-child. They keep failing.
GOP politicians across the country have found new and creative ways to deny resources to struggling parents and children. Take, for instance, the summer lunch program.
Under a new federal program, children who are eligible for free or reduced-price school lunches can also receive food assistance during the summer. The policy, created as part of the bipartisan budget deal in 2022, gives eligible families $40 per month per child, or $120 total over the summer. It often works essentially as a top-up for food stamps, since these families must buy more groceries when their children lose access to nutritious school meals when classes go out of session. (It’s similar to a temporary program offered during the pandemic, though it’s much less generous.)
The federal government pays the entire cost of the benefits associated with this new food program and half the administrative costs. The program isn’t automatic, though; states had to opt in by Jan. 1.
Republican governors across 15 states chose not to, as my Post colleague Annie Gowen reported. Up to 10 million kids will be denied access to this grocery aid as a result…
So, potentially, almost half of the children eligible for this program live in just fifteen states.
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